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Haydock, township and vil., Ashton in Makerfield par., SW. Lancashire, 3½ miles NE. of St Helens, 2409 ac., pop. 5863; P.O., T.O.; has ironfounding and extensive collieries; in vicinity is Haydock Lodge, now used as a lunatic asylum.
John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
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Details about the census records, and indexes for Haydock.
| St James, Haydock, Church of England |
| St Mark Church of England, Haydock |
| St Paul, Blackbrook, Church of England |
| Clipsley Lane, Haydock, Baptist |
| Haydock, Christ Church, Congregational |
| Clipsley Lane, Wesleyan Methodist, Haydock |
| West End Rd, Blackbrook, Independant Methodist |
| West End Road, Haydock, Primitive Methodist |
| The Blessed English Martyrs, Haydock, Roman Catholic |
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"HAYDOCK, a township in the parish of Winwick, county Lancaster, 2 miles W. of Newton. It is a considerable village, most of the inhabitants being engaged in the mines and collieries."
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In 1835 Haydock was a township in the parish of Winwick.
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At least 204 people were killed in an explosion at the Wood Pit in 1878. A list of the victims has been provided from Ian Winstanley's book Weep Mother's Weep.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Haydock was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
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